PARROTS
The intelligence that sings
- Category: Prehistory & Evolution
- Author/Editor: Renato Massa
- Format: Illustrated/Hardback
- Dimension: 24 cms x 28 cms
- Pages: 224
- Price: 80 €
- Year: 2018
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Review
An innovative look on the parrots, the volatile whose ability to understand abstract ideas, as well as to cooperate and provide reciprocal affections, does not have equal in the whole animal kingdom. Birds known for their beautiful colors and for their sociable character, the parrots are the creatures that have more developed, in the animal world, the ability to create relationships between members of their own species and with other animals, in particular with humans. The volume highlights the uniqueness and at the same time the great ecological variety of parrots. They are not only able to fly, to climb, to manipulate objects, but they are also able to experience feelings, to develop knowledge and even semantic, cognitive and affective skills. The research conducted on these birds with a strong intelligence, not only offers a precise geographical and taxonomic description of existing species, but it also arises in the new perspective of revealing its intimate nature through the analysis of their specific characters, on a morphological, behavioral and ethological level.